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Toyota Invests $912 Million in US Hybrid Production, Creating 252 Manufacturing Jobs
Toyota plans a $912 million investment to create 252 jobs across five U.S. plants, boosting hybrid vehicle production amid ongoing trade negotiations.
- On November 16, 2025, Akio Toyoda hosted an aggressively MAGA NASCAR‑inspired event at Fuji Speedway, wearing a Make America Great Again hat and a red 2024 campaign t‑shirt with Trump and JD Vance imagery.
- To curry favor with U.S. negotiators, Toyota Motor Corporation organized the event to support U.S.–Japan tariff negotiations and billed it as a celebration of car culture for motorsports fans and diplomats.
- Toyoda and U.S. Ambassador George Glass drove a Ford F‑150 and helped showcase a demonstration run of six NASCAR vehicles imported from the U.S., featuring drivers Jimmie Johnson, John Hunter Nemechek, and Kamui Kobayashi.
- Reacting to the announcement, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear praised Toyota's $204.4 million investment in Georgetown, saying `I want to thank Toyota for once again investing in our people and the company's largest global manufacturing facility in Georgetown`.
- The investment is part of a larger up‑to‑$10 billion U.S. plan including new production lines increasing capacity by nearly 500,000 units annually and Missouri's Troy casting plant ; production starts in 2027 and 2028.
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Toyota CEO goes full MAGA at NASCAR event as carmaker unveils $912M investment in US manufacturing
Toyota on Tuesday unveiled a $912 million investment in US manufacturing, days after CEO Akio Toyoda hosted a red, white and blue NASCAR event in Japan while sporting a Trump-Vance shirt and red MAGA hat.
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